Painting With Clay

Working in Premo polymer clay and wires, Meredith Dittmar created these amazing, illustrative and colorful sculptures using symmetrical, geometric and organic shapes. She came from a family of engineers, but during her freshman year in college, Meredith discovered polymer clay in a bead store which changed her life. She slowly migrated from a Flash designer and developer to sculpting full-time. In addition to sculpting for galleries, she created "My Guys" which is for sale through her website as well as creating commercial illustration with clay. Meredith is located in Portland, Oregon. The images posted are currently on display at the Upper Playground in Mexico City, ending February 6, 2010.

Union Of Two

"Sleepers" is a series of photographs that caught my eye. The beauty of sleep and body language. Nora Herting explained, "In sleep the mind is unconscious yet the body remains sentient." She continues, "The bed is the site of both sexual pleasure and rest. Despite the warm and tender feelings associated with sleeping with another person, each person enters unconsciousness alone. By changing context and by forcing the union of two disparate images I invite a narrative of romantic and sexual disconnection and tension." All images are archival photographs at 54" x 72" wide, the exact size of a full bed.

Metaphoric Language

Artist and Painter Samuli Heimonen states, "All my latest paintings portray animals in different situations.  The focus itself is not in animals but in human experience.  Animals are metaphors for unknown, secret, creative side of the world.  My roots as a painter are in surrealism and symbolism."

Samuli Heimonen graduated with an MFA at the University of Art and Design in Helsinki.  He was chosen as Finland's "Young Artist of the Year in 2008."  His work are in several collections, Helsinki City Art Museum, The City of Porvoo, The Paulo Foundation, Art Centre Salmela, The University of Art and Design in Helsinki and more.